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How to Keep Our Furry Friends Cool in Record Temperatures

We talked to the House Rabbit Society and Bay Area pet owners to gather practical advice about how to keep animals cool during hot weather.

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How to Keep Our Furry Friends Cool in Record Temperatures

We talked to the House Rabbit Society and Bay Area pet owners to gather practical advice about how to keep animals cool during hot weather.

Dancers & Divas Conjure Climate Art and Island History

Musicians, storytellers, photographers, and an aerial dance troupe explore sea level rise in a year-long series of arts events in Alameda.

Don’t Count on Kelp to Buffer the Coast

Before breaking on the coast, California waves may pass through kelp forests, but whether this softens coastal erosion like other “blue infrastructure” is difficult to pin down.

Pros and Cons of Hydrogen in the Climate Space

An inside look at the advantages and challenges of hydrogen fuel in California’s clean energy strategy. A new ferry in San Francisco showboats the hydrogen “gold rush.”

When Hot Gets Hotter

Recent research from UC Berkeley’s David Romps explores how extreme heat and humidity push the body to its physiological limits.

Be Prepared for So Much More than the Big One

A reporter visits the LA Disasters Expo to get expert advice and finds a suite of products for securing your home, building a community network, and preparing for emergencies.

Ashland Trades in Car Lot for Community Zocalo 

An unincorporated area of Alameda County identified by local government as in need of more park space got a new, climate resilient gathering spot and “town square” this summer.

Getting Serious at the City & County Scale About Future Flood Threats

BCDC’s Regional Shoreline Adaptation Plan lays out four “Minimum Standards” that Bay Area municipalities must meet as they prepare for sea level rise.

Got Climate Anxiety? What Young Folks Should Know

Climate anxiety in younger generations is on the rise across the globe. Google searches for “climate anxiety” soared by 565% in 2021.

Rise South City busca aire limpio para South San Francisco

Francesca Pedraza y Rise South City están instalando monitores de calidad del aire para ver cómo las avenidas que atraviesan South San Francisco afectan la salud de las comunidades latinas. Midiendo los niveles de contaminación y limpiando un arroyo local, esta organización está transformando los barrios de primera línea, aquellos más afectados por el cambio climático.

Mumbai’s Microforests Model Cooling for California

Can the Miyawaki tree-planting method reduce urban heat and enhance biodiversity in the Bay Area?

South City Trapped by Freeways But Rising

Francesca Pedraza and Julio Garcia are installing air quality monitors and cleaning a local creek, bringing change to frontline neighborhoods.

New Wildlife Bridges Help Critters Cross the Road 

From pumas to newts to humans, Bay Area residents are benefiting from new road crossing projects in Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, and Alameda.

A Landscaper Rethinks East Bay Gardens

My landscape maintenance company has a front row seat to how climate change is changing Bay Area gardens. Here’s what a water-wise garden looks like.

State Nudges Ocean Coast Planners to Be More Prepared

The California Coastal Commission has updated their Sea Level Rise Policy Guidance with new Senate Bill 272 guidelines and more certainty about near-term sea level rise.

Uncertainty Requires a Buffet of Resilience Choices 

Oakland plans three main resilience hubs. Activists say funding a more decentralized network could be more equitable.

Knock-On Flood Threat Gets 4-Inch Reality Check

Contrary to now popular hearsay, building a seawall won’t necessarily flood your unprotected neighbors along the bayshore.

Delivering BART Muck to South Bay Marshes?

Three million + cubic yards of tunnel muck from a subway extension could help raise South Bay marshes above rising sea levels.

Marin Makes Clean Sweep of Forest Floors

After witnessing fire disasters in neighboring counties, Marin formed a unique fire prevention authority and taxpayers funded it. Thirty projects and three years later, the county is clearer of undergrowth.

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